Roles of microfilaments and intermediate filaments in adrenal steroidogenesis

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 463-479

  Hall, Peter F ^a,b   Almahbobi, Ghanim ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cytoskeleton; intracellular cholesterol transport; lipid droplets; mitochondria; vimentin

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHAINS; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOLOGY; DROPS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTERS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CYTOSKELETONS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; INTRACELLULAR CHOLESTEROL; INTRACELLULAR CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; KINASE ENZYMES; LIPID DROPLETS; MITOCHONDRIAS; STEROID SYNTHESIS; VIMENTIN;

PHOSPHORYLATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL TUMOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROFILAMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030959965     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970315)36:6<463::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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